From American Collage: 1930 - Present

Featured in our current exhibition of American Collage: 1930 – Present, artist Philomena Marano discusses her decades-long career depicting fantastical pop culture dreamscapes inspired by the Coney Island experience. Hear more about her approach to print, cut paper collage, and large-scale papier collé installations at this limited-admission gallery talk with the artist herself.

About the Artist

Philomena Marano was raised in Brooklyn, NY – a stone’s throw from America’s most famous amusement park, Coney Island.

She attended the High School of  Art & Design in Manhattan, earned a BFA at Pratt Institute and has  been practicing cut paper collage for decades- a medium she learned while working as an assistant to preeminent artist, Robert Indiana.

Philomena’s work has been exhibited by ACA Gallery, Prince Street Gallery, and Tabla Rasa Gallery in New York, among others, and was recently featured in a solo exhibition at Art Center Sarasota.

She is represented in numerous private, corporate, and museum collections including the Brooklyn Museum.

Event Details

Artist Talk with Philomena Marano 

Where: Downtown Galleries – 100 N. Woodland Blvd. DeLand, Florida

When: Saturday, October 17, 2020, 5:30-6:30 P.M.

Admission: Free to Museum members | $10 for non-members

Reservations: Required – See full details below

To ensure appropriate social distancing, attendance for this event is limited to a very small number of guests. Please reserve your space by calling (386) 734-4371.

Please note that masks are required to be worn in the Museum at all times.

Top image: Philomena Marano, Sky Wheels, Cut paper, 16 x 20 in